Life Love and Why by Switchfoot

Life and love and why
Child, adult, then die
All of your hoping
And all of your searching
For what?
Ask me for what am I living
Or what gives me strength
That I'm willing to die for

Take away from me
This monstrosity
'Cause my futile thinking's
Not gonna solve nothing tonight
Ask me for what am I living
Or what gives me strength
That I'm willing to die for

Could it be this
Could this be bliss
Could it be all that
I ever had missed
Could it be true
Can life be new
And can I be used
Can I be used

Give me a reason
For life and for death
A reason for drowning
While I hold my breath
Something to laugh at
A reason to cry
With everyone hopeless
And hoping for something
To hope for
Yeah, with something to hope for

COuld it be true
Can life be new
Could it be all that I am
Is in You
Could it be this
Could it be bliss
Can it be You
Can it be You

LFS Lightning Rally last 9/11

Last September 11, 2009, members of the militant group League of the Filipino Students conducted a lightning rally in front of the US Embassy in Manila in protest of the continued US intervention in the Philippines in part of the commemoration of the 32nd founding anniversary of LFS. Terry Ridon, secretary general of LFS said, “The LFS had always been correct when it demanded the expulsion of US troops then, and this was clear proof that the Philippine government merely kowtows to US interests. The same is true until now, with the Visiting Forces Agreement.”

The members of student militant keep on whistle blowing their sentiments that the Visiting Forces Agreement is an integral proof of the continuous puppetry of the Philippines to the US. “The presence of US troops in the Philippines undermines the supposed sovereignty and independence of the country, even more so if that presence is permanent”, Ridon stated.

Ridon also reiterated that the continued implementation of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) and other unequal treaties with the US has taken away victories of the decade’s worth of Filipino struggle against US intervention such as dismantling of US bases in 1991.

The lightning demonstration happened the same day the divisive September 11 bombing where a series of coordinated suicide attacks upon the United States took place. The US once again is experiencing a buzz, it may be a different plot and setting but an evidently parallel significance.

Kung magiging ibon ako..isa akong maya..... isang Rivermaya

ewan, basta enjoy ko lahat ng mga kanta nila. nakakarelate ba ako? oo nga yata. nagagandahan ba ako?....syempre naman.

Tulang hindi ko matapos-tapos

Napatulala ako sa aking palad, napatingin sa likoliko nitong daan.
Pilit pinipiga sa aking bunbunan, ang alaala ng nakalipas.

Ilang beses ko man pilit arukin
Ilang beses ko man tangkaing akyatin
Ang mga Mata ko’y napapatulala pa rin
mata ko’y napapatulala pa rin
Napapatulala pa rin
Tulala pa rin

Tulala, tulala


Nais ng isip ko na kumurap
Ayaw ng puso ko na kumawala
Anu ba ang naroroon sa daan na dati kong tinahak?
Bakit di na magawang umapak ng bago kong sandalyas


Sa mga titig ko na lamang nalalakbay
Ang mga daang dati’y alam ko
Ang mga daang dati’y kabisado ko
Ang mga daang dati’y ari ko
Hanggang sa magunita ko
Anino na lamang pala ang katabi ko


Unti unti ng nanlalabo mga sahig ng pasilyo
Tuluyan ng natakot ang mga paa ko na sumubok
Wala naman akong nadidinig na kabog ng dibdib
Kahit mahamog na sa buong paligid

(to be continued.....)

G-Clef

Sa taingang bingi di magpaparinig.
Sa pusong sarado ito’y magkukubli.
Buksan iyong isip,
puso, damdamin.
damhin ang awit na nakapaligid

madalas na bumibirit sa isip ko
ang mga tanong na minsa’y kay gugulo.

Konektado nga ba ang musikang yakap ko
sa biyahe ng bawat tao sa mundo?

anu ba ang musika ng lansangan?
anu ba ang nagbibigay tono sa daan?

may crescendo at decrescendo din ba sa lakbayin ng buhay?
saan ba matatagpuan G-clef ng paglalakbay?

Mahirap sabihin
Mahirap sagutin
Ang alam ko lang
Ako’y may dapat kantahin

Ngunit?
Paano ko kakantahin,
Paano ko aawitin…

awiting di ko pa kabisado
(makakabisado ko ba ito?)
awiting ako nga ang tono
(di ko naman gamay kung paano)
awiting di ako ang kondoktor
(wala naman akong reklamo).

Awiting titulo lang ang sigurado:
“Lakbayin ng Buhay Ko”

Paglalakbay ay awit
Awit ay paglalakbay
Kailangan lamang marunong kang sumabay.
Sumabay sa tipa at bawat kampay,
ng nag-iisang kondoktor ng buhay


di mahalaga kung alto o soprano
minsa’y nawawala rin sila sa tono
ang mga tenor at baho
marunong din namang masintunado

maaring lumiko ang landas,
maaring lumubak ang daan,
maaring mapaos at mahirapan ng kumanta,
maaring di na maabot notang matataas.

ang mga kasabayang manganganta
di sigurado kung magtatagal
ang mahalaga inyong napagsaluhang
ganda ng musika sa paglalayag

walang masama kung kokopya ng tono
basta’t sabay parin sa kumpas at ritmo
walang masama kung ang liriko’y liko liko
wala namang byaheng diretso

sa pag-abot sa bawat nota ng kanta
huwag hayaan makasapaw sa iba
mas may harmonya ang buhay
kung maglalakbay ng may kasama

ako ang musika.
ako ang tono.
tayo ang orchestra.
tayo ang koro.

di ko man makabisado ng mabilis.
di ko man magamay ng matulin.
ang mga mata ko’y titingin pa rin
sa kumpas ng kondoktor ng lakbayin

Hiraya Manawari

Hiraya manawari, so let your dreams come true. All of us have our own dreams…our ambitions, the visions and desires we are holding deep down into our soul. Something that we are silently holding into, something that we believe will come true. A vow to do well...a vow to be somebody. It’s really funny that back in our younger years we were always asked what we want to be when we grow up. I can still remember the pressure, the fright and the excitement one time I answered it with a wide stretched smile and a spider I was playing with on my hand that I want to be a civil engineer. Without the thought that it might not come true that when I grow up I might disappoint not only myself, but everybody else. What’s there was the pride that among my peers I was able to give a two-word well sounding ambition. Maybe because the world was younger and I had everything to lose. I am not yet aware that it is a challenging world out there and a far more challenging world inside. As I grow up seeing the world’s dilemma experiencing a bunch of failures, feeling lost but in the end of the day feeling great and thankful with all the good things that happened, I am proud of myself not because I already have a longer description of my dreams but because I never stop dreaming. Dreaming isn’t just about what, but how. Whatever it is doesn’t matter; how we actualize it will seal the deal. For me dreaming requires five essential factors courage…execution….faith….faith…and faith. We should have the courage to dream. Let the voice of the smaller you never cease to ring on your ear. Let that inner desire overflow into fountain of knowledge. I can remember no law prohibiting anyone to dream. We have the pleasure of having our own constitution of dreams. It is our part to write in all the articles and section of our dream constitution; we are the signatory of all the presidential decrees and resolutions. There comes execution. We can never be able to formulate our dreams unless we actualize it. Actualizing our dreams will bring forth enjoyment, fun, and zest but will entail hard work, failure and pain. Never get bored on learning. It is the small step that will begin a thousand mile. The third, fourth and fifth is faith. It is a matter of believing that with him all things are possible. Seek his guidance. Learn not just facts, theories, assumptions, and laws, but his word as well. God’s knowledge will be a lamp that will light our dungeon of ignorance. Dreaming is believing. Don’t just let yesterday be a wrinkle on our forehead, don’t let it die and get over. Let’s maximize our life. Dream as big us we can. Big things will not happen to little thinkers. Just like what a famous song states, if we don’t dream big what’s the use of dreaming… dreaming is not just a measure of what we can but a measure of what we aim. Hiraya manawari… LET YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE!
/nud

PUP Gating System Interchanged

Lack of information dissemination about the interchange of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines Main Campus gating system, last July 2009, has brought confusion to the students. Michelle Arsenio, Secretary General- Sentral na Konseho ng Mag-aaral, has stated in an interview, “Wala akong natandaang information na ipinakalat para i-announce na pagpapalitin ang entrance at exit.

The PUP administration has admitted that they weren’t able to give the information prior to the implementation of the changes in the university’s gating system. In a statement given by the Director of the University Administrative Service, Atty. Arceli G. Linatoc , she said that because of the big population of PUP, the information is given on the gate.

She has pointed out that the interchange is part of the security measure of the university. Atty. Linatoc reiterated that the planning of the entrance –exit interchange was made to improve the safety of the students.

The Administrative Services Office also stated that it is not only the students who are needed to adapt to the new gating system, the vehicles should also adapt to the changes being implemented by the university to improve the security of the campus.